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There are few, if any, No. 1 goaltending spots open in the NHL -- the Islanders, the Hurricanes, now the Sabres? -- which is a good thing for NHL clubs because there is not much high-end help with this year's list of unrestricted free agent goalies full of 1B or back-up options.

1Carter Hutton

Nice timing for the best year of your career, Carter Hutton, who is due a nice raise from his $1.125 million Cap hit in 2017-18 after leading the NHL with a 2.09 GAA and .931 save percentage while appearing in 32 games for the Blues. Will that raise come from St. Louis, which likely wants to keep its strong goalie tandem -- with Jake Allen -- intact after Hutton outperformed the club's No. 1 this past season? Could be, but the 32-year-old will have more than a fair share of suitors lining up July 1.

2Anton Khudobin

Like Carter Hutton in St. Louis, Anton Khudobin filled an important role stepping in for hurting No. 1 Tuukka Rask in Boston, especially early in the season when debates centered on that Khudobin deserved increased playing time ahead of Rask, even when healthy. Khudobin appeared in 31 games, posted a 16-6-7 record, 2.56 GAA and .913 save percentage -- numbers on par with the 32-year-old's career totals.

3Jonathan Bernier

STATUS: Despite his long injury history and never living up to being the 11th overall selection in the 2006 NHL Draft, Jonathan Bernier played an important role with the Avalanche this past season, filling in quote capably for injured No. 1 Semyon Varlamov. Bernier, 29, was 19-13-3 in 37 appearances with a 2.85 GAA and .913 save percentage for the surprising Avs, though his season ended midway the first-round of the playoffs because of a lower body injury.

4Cam Ward

Cam Ward is the only Stanley Cup-winning goalie on this summer's free agent list. He also proved capable of still being a solid option in net this season, outplaying Scott Darling in Carolina with a 23-14-4 record, 2.73 GAA and .906 save percentage over 43 appearances -- his lowest full season total since 2013-14. It will be strange to see the career-long Hurricanes netminder in a different uniform next season.

5Jaroslav Halak and Kari Lehtonen

OK, we cheat a little bit here, but you're getting six goalies for the price of five, right? It's splitting hairs as to who is more valued this summer when it comes to veterans Jaroslav Halak and Kari Lehtonen. Both have been No. 1 in their careers and both suffered painful downturns at different points. Lehtonen, 34, seemed to thrive last year with a lesser role behind Ben Bishop in Dallas -- his 2.56 GAA and .912 save percentage were both his best in four years. Halak, 33, appeared in 54 games -- ten shy of the total of the two previous seasons combined -- and had a career-worst 3.19 GAA for the disappointing Islanders.

6Robin Lehner and Petr Mrazek

OK, breaking some rules again here, but adding a pair of goalies who were not qualified by their teams. That makes 26-year-old netminders Robing Lehner and Petr Mrazek intriguing late entries on this list, in part because of their age, as well the fact both have been starters in the NHL. Though he never lived up to his pre-NHL hype, Lehner started more than 50 games each of the last two seasons for the Sabres, though for the third time in six NHL seasons his GAA was above three goals per game (3.01). Mrazek had two very good seasons in Detroit, supplanting Jimmy Howard as the No. 1, but followed with 1.5 seasons of subpar play, culminating in a trade to the Flyers where he regained his footing over 22 appearances last season.